Vendée (river)

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Vendée
The Vendée in Fontenay-le-Comte

The Vendée in Fontenay-le-Comte

Data
Water code FR :  N --- 0120
location France , Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions
River system Sèvre Niortaise
Drain over Sèvre Niortaise  → Atlantic Ocean
source on the municipal boundary of L'Absie and Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine
46 ° 37 ′ 47 ″  N , 0 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  W
Source height approx.  210  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of L'Île-d'Elle and Marans in the Sèvre Niortaise Coordinates: 46 ° 19 ′ 22 ″  N , 0 ° 57 ′ 47 ″  W 46 ° 19 ′ 22 ″  N , 0 ° 57 ′ 47 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  2  m
Height difference approx. 208 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.5 ‰
length 82 km
Right tributaries Mère
Reservoirs flowed through Barrage d'Albert, Barrage de Mervent
Small towns Fontenay-le-Comte
The river just before the mouth

The river just before the mouth

The Vendée is a river in France that runs through the Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. It rises on the municipal boundary of L'Absie and Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine , generally drains to the southwest, passes through two reservoirs above Fontenay-le-Comte and flows 82 kilometers into the municipal boundary of L'Île-d'Elle and Marans , in the Marais Poitevin , as a right tributary to the Sèvre Niortaise . On its way, the Vendée crosses the Deux-Sèvres and Vendée departments and forms the border with Charente-Maritime for the last few kilometers .

Places on the river

shipping

The river was channeled between the estuary and Fontenay-le-Comte in the 19th century and opened to navigation. The locks of Le Gouffre (at the mouth) and Longèves overcame the slight difference in altitude. Shipping ceased in 1965. The Le Gouffre lock can still be seen today.

Web links

Commons : Vendée  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information on the Vendée from SANDRE (French), accessed on April 11, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.
  4. ^ Entry on the Vendée in the Babel project